Entertainment News: This Best Actor's acting range is so narrow it's enviable.

Jiang Feng queued up to buy tickets, while Dong Xuan ran off to buy a large bucket of popcorn.

Watching a movie without popcorn just feels like something's missing.

Their seats were right next to each other, in the last row of the theater.

For certain well-known reasons, couples going to the movies on a date usually prefer to sit in the last row.

Jiang Feng didn't think too much about it; he just felt that the last row was quieter.

The movie started soon, and the audience watched attentively.

Jiang Feng was really looking forward to Tsui Hark's big film.

Back in 1983, Xu Ke directed a version of Zu Mountain, which was the Hong Kong film with the most powerful special effects at the time, but its box office performance was not ideal.

This became a knot in Xu Ke's heart. He had a special fondness for Huanzhu Louzhu's "The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shushan". The failure more than ten years ago did not discourage him. He always thought about wiping away his shame.

Since the beginning of the new century, Hollywood's special effects technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, becoming much more advanced than in the 1980s.

Last year, Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Soccer" hired a Hollywood special effects team to create more than 400 special effects shots, which were touted as the best special effects in Hong Kong films.

This more or less spurred Xu Ke, who had always been a leader in film special effects.

He is a director who is very fascinated by special effects, and "The Legend of Zu" is the perfect subject to showcase special effects.

To film this movie, Xu Ke brought in four computer effects teams from Hollywood and used the most advanced technology in Hollywood. The number of special effects shots alone reached more than 1600, far exceeding that of "Shaolin Soccer". The special effects budget was as high as HK$40 million, and the total cost exceeded HK$100 million.

Whether in terms of investment, cast, or special effects, "The Legend of Zu" is undoubtedly a blockbuster.

It's clear that the HK$4000 million special effects budget was well spent.

The film features numerous special effects shots and grand scenes. Hong Kong actors such as Ekin Cheng, Koo Tin Lok, and Cecilia Cheung fly and leap across the big screen, delivering a strong visual impact to the audience and making it a truly enjoyable watch.

However, Jiang Feng felt that the plot of this film was a bit weak, the narrative was chaotic, and some plots were inexplicable, leaving the viewer confused.

In his view, special effects should serve the content, and Xu Ke, who is obsessed with special effects, has obviously put the cart before the horse this time.

He felt that Xu Ke made this film just for his own enjoyment and to show off his skills, just for the sake of making this plate of dumplings with this bottle of vinegar.

Dong Xuan wasn't particularly interested in movies with lots of fighting and flying around. She had originally wanted to watch a romantic love story, but unfortunately, there wasn't one.

The current film production is very low, with very few domestic films and a very limited range of genres. Hong Kong films are somewhat better, but mainland films are mostly low-budget art films and comedies, while the majority are Hollywood blockbusters.

In March of this year, director Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won several awards, including the 73rd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, giving domestic filmmakers a shot in the arm.

As the saying goes, "ducks are the first to know when the river warms in spring," and those astute producers and directors realized that the era of blockbuster films in China was about to arrive, and they were all eager to get started.

Zhang Yimou was the first to launch the project. Less than half a year after the Oscars, filming for "Hero" began in a flurry of activity.

Actually, he wasn't just following Li An's lead. The script for "Hero" had been in development for several years, but it hadn't been officially approved yet. It can only be said that the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" spurred him to give "Hero" a boost.

The movie theater wasn't far from the Beijing Film Academy. After watching the movie, Jiang Feng and Dong Xuan walked back to school, looking just like a couple strolling along the street to passersby.

Dong Xuan walked with her hands behind her back, absentmindedly kicking small pebbles on the road.

She has a rather reserved and shy personality, and there are some things she's too embarrassed to say.

Even if it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, it should still be the man who breaks through that veil.

However, Jiang Feng only wants to focus on his career and has no interest in romance. Although he knows that the beauty is interested in him, he can only pretend not to know.

If he doesn't take the initiative, Dong Xuan can't possibly confess her feelings to him, can she?

The class beauty still needs to maintain her pride. She took the initiative to confess to Jiang Feng. If Jiang Feng accepted, that would be fine. But if he rejected her, how could she continue to stay in school?

To ease the awkwardness, Dong Xuan could only try to make conversation, chatting about random things.

"Jiang Feng, what are your plans for the future?"

"What other plans do I have? I'll go to film crews. If there are any films, I'll film them. If there aren't, I'll find a way to film them. I'll start with TV series, then movies. I'll win a few Best Actor awards. If I have the chance, I'll try directing myself and start my own company."

Jiang Feng talked about his life plans, but didn't mention anything about love.

Dong Xuan suddenly felt that compared to Jiang Feng, her thinking was too naive.

Jiang Feng is focused on his career, while she only wants to date.

Inspired by Jiang Feng's ambition and drive, Dong Xuan decided to temporarily put aside matters of love and focus on her career like Jiang Feng, otherwise the gap between her and Jiang Feng would only widen.

"Sigh, I wonder when I'll have the chance to act again."

Dong Xuan wanted to catch up with Jiang Feng as soon as possible, and her desire to act became even stronger.

"Don't worry, I'll think of you if there's a suitable role. If not, I'll ask you to act in my movies when I become a director."

"You said it yourself, you can't go back on your word."

Dong Xuan held up her little finger and smiled charmingly:

"Let's pinky swear."

"Uh, you're a college student, do you have to be so childish?"

Jiang Feng was exasperated. Seeing Dong Xuan staring at him stubbornly, he had no choice but to extend his right little finger and hook it with hers.

"Pinky promise, a hundred years from now, never to be broken."

Passersby stared at them curiously. Jiang Feng, feeling embarrassed by their stares, quickly grabbed Dong Xuan's hand and quickened his pace.

Jiang Feng escorted Dong Xuan to the entrance of the girls' dormitory building.

A group of young and beautiful female college students, carrying washbasins and toiletries, returned from their showers and curiously looked at him and Dong Xuan.

"Jiang Feng, could you give me the movie ticket stub? This is the first time I've watched a movie with a boy, and I... I want to keep it as a souvenir."

"Okay."

Jiang Feng reached into his pocket for the movie tickets, but accidentally pulled out the gift Cui Peng had given him earlier, which fell to the ground.

"Jiang Feng, you dropped something."

Dong Xuan quickly picked up the object, glanced at it curiously, and instantly blushed, her face turning bright red all the way to her ears.

Jiang Feng also saw what she was holding and froze on the spot.

In that instant, he felt a surge of urge to kill Cui Peng.

Cui Peng gave him a small pink umbrella!

At this moment, the little pink umbrella lay openly in Dong Xuan's palm, and she didn't know whether to throw it away or keep it.

Her brain went blank for a moment, and she stood there dumbfounded, unable to think or act.

The girls passing by were all surprised by what they saw; some covered their mouths and chuckled, while others whispered among themselves.

A girl is giving a boy a small umbrella at the entrance of the girls' dormitory.

Isn't this a bit too unrestrained?